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MARTIN &. ALLARDYCE 

ASBURY PARK, N. J. 



Cfje Cngltef) Hncestrp of tfje American 
ifamilj) oC Hmolb 

By Horatio G. Somerby. 

Compiled from Heralds* Visitations, Inquisitions Post Mor- 
tem, Subsidy Rolls, Wills, Parish Registers, and other original 
documents. 

Arms: Gules, a chevron ermine between three pheons or. 
Crest — A lion rampant gules holding in his paws a lozenge or. 
Motto — Mihi Gloria Cessum. 

The family of Arnold is of great antiquity, having its origin 
among the ancient princes of Wales. According to a pedigree 
recorded in the College of Arms, they trace from Ynir, King 
of Gwentland, who flourished about the middle of the twelfth 
century, and who was paternally descended from Ynir, the 
second son of Cadwaladr, king of the Britons; which Cad- 
waladr built Abergavenny in the county of Monmouth, and its 
castle, which was afterwards rebuilt by Hamlet ap Hamlet, ap 
Sir Druce of Balladon, in France, and portions of the walls 
still remain. 

This YNIR,i King of Gwentland, by his wife Nesta, daugh- 
ter of Jestin ap Gurgan, King of Glamorgan, had a son 

MEIRIC2 who succeeded his father as King of Gwentland, 
and left by his wife Eleanor, daughter of Ednived ap Jerworth, 
of the house of Trevor, a son 

YNIR VICHAN,s who was also King of Gwent, and mar- 
ried Gladice, daughter of Rhys Goch ap Maenerch, Lord of 
Ystradyw, in Brecknockshire, by whom he had a son 

CARADOR* AP YNIR VICHAN, Lord of Gwent, whose 
wife was Nesta, daughter and heir of Sir Rydereck le Gros, 
Knight, by whom he had a son 

DYFNWALLs AP CARADOR, Lord of Gwent, who mar- 
ried Joyes, daughter of Hamlet ap Sir Druce, Duke of Balla- 
don, in France. Her brother Hamlet rebuilt the Castle of 
Abergavenny, as before mentioned. Their son 

SYSTYLa AP DYFNWALL, Lord of Upper Gwent, mar- 
ried Annest, daughter and heir of Sir Peter Russell, Knight, 
Lord of Kentchurch in the county of Hereford, and by her he 
had a son 

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ARTHUR AP SYSSYLTH, whose wife was Jane, daugh- 
ter of Lein ap Moreidhec Warwyn, Lord of Cantrsblyn. Their 
son 

MEIRIC AP ARTHUR, married Annest, daughter of Cra- 
dock ap Einon ap Golhroyn, by whom he had a son 

GWILLIM* AP MEIRIC, Esquire, who married Jane, 
daughter and coheir of Ivor ap Syssylht, Lord of Lyhs Taly- 
bont, and had a son 

ARNHOLTxo AP GWILLIM, of Meiric, Esquire, who by 
his wife Janet, daughter of Philip Fleming, Esquire, was 
father of a son 

ARNHOLTu AP ARNHOLT VYCHAN, Esquire, whose 
wife was Sybil, daughter of Madoc ap Einon ap Thomas, by 
whom he had a son 

^ ROGER l2 ARNOLD, of Llanthony, in Monmouthshire, 
Esquire, the first of the family who adopted a surname. He 
married Joan, daughter of Sir Thomas Gamage, Knight, Lord 
of Coytey, and their son 

THOMASis ARNOLD, Esquire, succeeded to Llanthony 
and other estates in Monmouthshire. By his wife Agnes, 
daughter of Sir Richard Warnestead, Knight, he had issue two 
sons, namely: 

1. John Arnold, eldest son, who in 1/541 had granted to him the livery 

and manor of Higham and Over, in the parish of Churcham and 
co. of Gloucester, where he died Sept. 15, 1545. Buried in church 
of Churcham. Brass plate. Arms: Gules, a chevron Ermine, be- 
tween three pheons or. 

2. Bichard Arnold, 

RICHARD* ARNOLD, the second son of Thomas Arnold 
of Llanthony, removed into Somersetshire, and resided in the 
parish of Street. He married Emmote, daughter and heir of 
Pearce Young, of Damerham, in Wiltshire, by whom he had 
three sons, namely: 

RICHARDxs ARNOLD, eldest son and heir of Richard Arn- 
old, of Somersetshire, removed into Dorsetshire, and became 
seated at Bagbere, in the parish of Middleton, otherwise Mil- 
ton Abbas. He was Lord of the manor of Bagbere, and also 
possessed estates in Alton Pancras, Buckland Newton, Chesel- 
bourne, Melcombe Horsey, and other places in that county. 
He was also patron of the churches of Blandford and of Bing- 
ham Melcombe. His name appears in the Subsidy Rolls of 
the county of Dorset, as being assessed to the King's sub?icli>33 



in 1549. He is also mentioned in the inquisition held in 
1607, after the death of his son Richard, respecting the tenure 
of the estates. His manor house at Bagbere was standing 
until a few years since [1870], when it was demolished, and 
a smaller building, occupied as a farm house, erected upon its 
site. A small portion of the ancient building incorporated in 
the walls of the modern dwelling, is the only vestige of the 
original building. Mr. Arnold made his last will and testa- 
ment on the 15th of May, 1593, which was proved July 9, 
1595. He desires "to be buried in the Parishe Churche of 
Milton in the He called Jesus He as we goe to the Tower." 
The church of Milton was restored a few years since, and 
many of the ancient memorials removed. The early parish 
registers have also been lost, the oldest now in possession of 
the Vicar dating from 1650. Mr. Arnold was twice married. 
By his first wife he had, besides a daughter Repentance, who 
became the wife of her cousin William Arnold * * * * four 
sons, namely: 1. Richard Arnold of Alton Pancras. [2 
Thomas.] 3. Robert, of Armswell. 4. John, the elder by 
first wife, [etc.]* * * * * 

THOMAS 19 ARNOLD, the second son of Richards Arnold, 
of Bagbere, is mentioned in the will of his father. He resided 
some time at Melcombe Horsey, as appears from the Subsidy 
Rolls, of the year 1598, from which place he removed to 
Cheselbourne, and seated himself on an estate previously be- 
longing to his father. The earliest parish registers now extant 
of Cheselbourne date only from 1 644, and those of Melcombe 
Horsey from 1 690. Fortunately, however, this branch of 
the family possessed a private record of the baptisms of their 
children, which was preserved and brought to America. Mr. 
Arnold was twice married. His first wife was Alice, daugh- 
ter of John Gulley, of North Over, in the parish of Tolpuddle, 
a short distance from Cheselbourne. By this marriage he had 

1. Thomazine, whose husband was Hooker, by whom she had Rob- 

ert, bapt. Jan. 23, 1^97; Julian, Jan. 24, 1599; John, Oct. 25, 1601; 
William, Oct. 31, 1604; Alice, born Aug. 27, 1607 j Mary, March 4, 
1609; Thomas, April 7, 1616. 

2. Joanna, bapt. Nov. 30, 1577. Her husband was Hopkins, by 

whom she had Francis, bant. May 23, 1614; Thomas, April 7, 
1616; Elizabeth, July 3, 1619. 
8. Margery, bapt. Aug. 30, 1581. 

4. Robert, bapt. , 1583. 

5. John, born 1585. He resided at CTieselbourne, where he died in 

1616, leaving children — John, 18 William.,, Edith n<i Thomas, ls and 
Christian. 18 On the 23d of November, 1616, his brother William, 
of Cheselbourne, afterwards of New England, was appointed ad- 



ministrator to the estate and guardian of the children during 
their minority. 
[6. William.] 

M r « Thomas Arnold by his second wife had one son and 
two daughters, namely: 

[7.] Elizabeth, b. in 1596; m. Feb. 1617, to John Sayles, Jr. 
[8.] Thomas, bapt. April 18, 1599.* 
I.9.] Eleanor, bapt. July 31, 1606. 

WILLIAMit ARNOLD, the youngest son of Thomas™ Arn- 
old, ot Cheselbourne, by his first wife was born June 24, 
1587.t The early parish registers of Cheselbourne have not 

*THOMAS 17 ARNOLD settled in Watertown, Mass., as early as 1640, 
and, on the 13th of May of that year, was admitted freeman of the col- 
ony. He is supposed by Savage (Gen. Diet. i. 66), Locke (ante, v. 250)^ 
and Bond (Wat. i. 9), to have been the Thomas Arnold, aged 30, who em- 
banted May 15, 1635, in the Plain Joan for Virginia (ante, ii. 212); but 
if so his age is not correctly given. His first wife's name is not known. 
He married, probably about 1640, Phebe, daughter of George Parkhurst, 
of Watertown. In 1654 and 1655 he was fined for not attending public 
worship. He afterwards removed to Providence, and was admitted free- 
man of the Rhode Island colony, May 18, 1658. He was deputy in 1670. 
He died March 24, 1674-5. 

His children by his first wife were — 1. Thomas, 18 b. May 3, 1625, d. 
young j 2. Nicholas, 18 bapt. Jan. 15, 1627, d. young; 3. Susannah, 18 m. at 
Boston, April 7, 1654, John Farnum. 

By his wife Phebe he had — i. Ichabod m born at Watertown, March 
1, 1640-1; 5. Richard, 18 b. at W. March 22, 1642-3; 6. Elizabeth, 18 b. 
1645, m. Samuel Comstock, and died 1745; 7. John, 18 b. at W. Feb. 1$, 
1647-8, d. at Providence Jan. 5, 1722; 8. Eleazer, 18 b. at W. June 17, 
1651, d. at Providence Aug. 29, 1722. 

RICHARiD 18 ARNOLD, eldest surviving son of the preceding, was 
born at Watertown, MaTch 22, 1642-3, and died at Providence April 22, 
1710. He had son Thomas m b. March 4, 1675, whose son Jonathan,, (b. 
Nov. 18, 1708, d. Dec. 29, 1,796), m. Abigail, daughter of Benjamin 
Smith, of Providence, and was father of Welcome J21 b. March 25, 1745, 
who m. Patience, daughter of Samuel Greene, by whom he had Samuel M 
(b. Jan. 30, 1778, d. 1826), m. Sept. 1813, Frances, daughter of John 
Rogers, by whom he had the Hon. Samuel Greene 23 Arnold, the historian 
of Rhode Island.— H. T. D. 

tWILLIAM^ ARNOLD set sail with his family from Dartmouth, old 
England, May 1, 1635, and arrived on the 24th of the following month 
in New England. In Lincoln's " History of Hingham, Mass,'* he is 
mentioned as William Arnall, and as coming thither in 1635. He re- 
moved with his family on the 20th of April, 1636, to Providence. He 
received grants of land from Roger Williams, and his initials W. A. are 
second in the famous Initial Deed of R. W. His real estate was mostly 
in Providence, Pawtuxet and Warwick, where he had houses and lived 
at his pleasure. He was held in hi^h esteem, and filled various import- 
ant offices of trust. The scanty records of Rhode Island afford but lit- 
tle information concerning the earV settlers. It is probable that he 
was buried on his homestead in Pawtuxet, R. I. — H. T. D. 



been preserved, those now in existence dating only from 1 644. 
Private memoranda, however, taken with the family to New 
England, supply important links in the genealogy. He resided 
at Cheselbourne, where on the 23d of November, 1616, he was 
appointed administrator to the estate of his brother John, also 
of Cheselbourne, and guardian to his children during their 
minority, one of whom, William, in an affidavit respecting the 
sequestration of lands in the time of the Commonwealth, 
speaks of his uncle in foreign parts. 

In the year 1635, Mr. Arnold, with his family, left Dorset- 
shire and came to New England. After residing a short time 
at Hingham, in Massachusetts, he became associated in 1636 
with Roger Williams and others in the purchase from the In- 
dians of lands at Mooshausick, which was afterwards called 
Providence, of which colony Mr. Williams procured the first 
charter. The place which they selected for their settlement 
they called Providence, for certain reasons presented by Mr. 
Williams. The land was parcelled out among the associates, 
Mr. Arnold receiving large portions in Providence, and Paw- 
tuxet and Warwick. He was held in much esteem, and filled 
various important offices of trust. The scanty records of 
Rhode Island afford very little information respecting him, 
not even the time of his death being known. The last men- 
tion of him in the colonial records of the proceedings of the 
General Court at Providence, March 9, 1658-9, states that he 
was lately robbed of property at Pawtuxet by the Indians. 
It is probable he died soon after. His wife was Christian, 
whose surname has not been preserved. Their children 
were: 

1. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 23, 1611; m. to Thomas Hopkins. 

2. Benedict, b. Dec. 3, 1615, the oldest son, removed to Newport In 

1653, and was chosen Assistant to manage the affairs of the col- 
ony in the following year. In 1657 he succeeded Mr. Williams as 
Governor, and continued in that office till 1660. He was also 
Governor from 1662 to 1666, from 1669 to 1672, and from 1677 to 
1678 — in which last year he died. He was the wealthiest man in 
the colony, and by thorough acquaintance with the manners as 
well as the language of the Indians, he became the most efficient 
auxiliary in all negotiations with them. He died in 1678, having 
made his last will and testament on the 24th of December in the 
year preceding, to which he added a codicil on the 10th of the 
following February. His wife was Damaris, daughter of Stuke* 
ley Westcott, of Providence, by whom he had 

1. Godsgift,* m. to Edward Pelham [ante, xxvi. 401; xxxiii. 

292]. 

2. Josiah r)9 of Providence, and of Jamestown in Conanicut; a 

captain. He m. Mary, eldest daughter of Thomas Ward, 
of Newport. 



8. Benedict^ b. 1641; of Newport. Assistant from 1690 to 
1695. Representative to the General Court in 1699. His 
first wife, whom he m. March 9, 1671, and by whom he had 
six children, was Mary Turner. By his second wife, &arah 
Mumford, he had three daughters.* 

4. Freelove, 19 was the second wife of Edward Pelham. 

5. 01iver m of Jamestown; left issue by his wife Phoebe. 

6. Caleb, 1? 

7. Damaris, u m. to John Bliss. 

8. Priscilla. w 

9. Penelope, 19 m. to Roger Goulding. 

3. Joanna, b. Feb. 27, 1617. 

4. Stephen. 

STEPHEN* ARNOLD, the youngest son of William^ Arn- 
old, was born December 22, 1 622. f He came with his father 
to New England, and after residing some time at Providence 
removed to Pawtuxet, where, and at other places in Rhode 
Island, he had large landed property, a portion of which, call- 
ed the Coweset Purchase, he divided among his sons in his 
life-time. He was prominent in public affairs, and filled im- 
portant situations in the colony. He was chosen Deputy 
Governor in 1664, and Assistant in 1667. The exact date of 
his death is 15th November, 1699. His wife, whom he mar- 
ried November 24, 1646, was Sarah, daughter of Edward 
Smith, of Rehoboth. Their children were: 

1. Esther, b. Sept. 22, 1647; m. to Hawkins^ 

2. Israel, b. Oct. 30, 1649, eldest son of Stephen Arnold, of Pawtuxet. 

He resided on the south part of the Arnold Purchase, in Pawtuxet, 
which his father gave him. He made his will on the 23d of 
March, 1716-17, and died on the 15th of the following September. 

*Capt. Benedict and Capt. Oliver Arnold, brothers (Caulkin's "His- 
tory of Norwich," ed.1866, p. 409), settled at Norwich, Ct., early in the 
eighteenth century. Prom the Arnold genealogical tree we learn that 
they were sons of Benedict, 19 born 1641, and grandsons of Gov. Bene- 
dict 18 Arnold. Capt. Benedict^- Arnold married, Nov. 8, 1733, at N., 
Mrs. Hannah (Waterman) King, widow of Absalom King, and had nine 
children, whose names and birth-dates are given in Hinman's "Puri- 
tan Settlers of Connecticut," second ed. p. 60. The oldest child, Bene- 
dict, died young. The second child, Gen. Benedict^ Arnold, born at 
Norwich, Jan. 3, 1740-1, died at London, June 14, 1801. His services in 
the revolutionary war and subsequent treason are well known. Gen. 
Arnold had (Burke's Landed Gentry, London, 1853, vol. i. p. 26) five 
children: 1. Lt. Edward; 2. Major-Gen. James R.; 3. Lt.-Col. George; 
4. William F.; 5. Sophia M., m. Col. Pownall Phipps. — Editor. 

tThe following inscriptions are on the gravestones of Mr. Arnold and 
his wife: 

"Here lies the body of Stephen Arnold aged 77. Deceased 15th 
November 1699." 

"Here lies the body of Sarah Arnold aged 84; deceased April 15th 
1713."— H. T. D. 



His wife, whom lie married April 18, 1677, was Mary, daughter of 
James Barber and widow of Smith. He resided on Provi- 
dence River, north of John Greene. t 

3. Stephen, b. Nov. 27, 1654. He received from his father the north 

third of the Coweset Purchase. He had a son Philip who married 
Susannah, adughte/r of Capt. Benjamin Greene, of Mishantirut 
(now known as the Dutee Arnold place), 

4. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 2, 1659; d, June 5, 1728. Her husband wa* 

Peter Greene, Deputy Governor of Rhode Island. 

5. Elisha, b. Feb. 18, 1662. He received from his father the middle 

portion of the Coweset Purchase. His wife Susannah, daughter 
of William Carpenter. He d. March 24, 1710. 

6. Sarah, b. Jan. 26, 1665; m. to — — Carpenter. 

7. Phoebe, b. Nov. 9, 1671; m, Dec. 25, 1691, to Benjamin Smith. 



tlSBAEL^ ARNOLD, by his wife Mary Smith, had ten children, the 
second of whom, William )20 was admitted freeman 1708, and died 1759, 
His eldest son Josiah a was twice married, and had by his first wife 
Davids Arnold, of Old Warwick, R. I., who married Aug. 29, 1765, 
Waite, daughter of Moses Lippitt. They had eleven children, of whom 
Benedict^, Arnold, born Sept. 15, 1777, died at Providence, R. I., Nov. 

4, 1831, married Dec. 10, 1810, Mary, daughter of Thomas and Sarah 
Greene, of Stone Castle, in Warwick. They had — 1. Lucy Lippitt,^ 
born Oct. 2, 1811, died MaSrch 19, 1848, married Zebediah* Ingalls, of 
New York; 2. Benjamin Greene m born May 16, 1813; 3. Margaret 
Wickes m born May 12, 1815; 4. Charles H6nry J84 born Dec, 23, 1816, 
died April 4, 1842; 5. Sarah Wickes,^ born Sept= 20, 1820. 

BENJAMIN GREENE^ ARNOLD, Esq., eldest son of Benedict and 
Mary (Greene) Arnold, is a merchant in New York, and the owner of 
the volume from which extracts are printed in the text. He married 
Aug. 6, 1839, Frances Sarah, daughter of John Burges Snow, of Provi- 
dence, and has had children — 1. Charlotte Bruce; 2, Frances; 3. Fran- 
cis Benjamin, married Augusta, daughter of Hon. Elisha Foote of 
Washington, D. C; 4. Charles Henry; 5. Robert, died May 31, 1875; 
6. Mary, died at Paris, France, Sept, 29, 1872; ?< Grace; 8. Edna; 
9 C Constance. 

JAMESjo ARNOLD, another son of Israel, 19 was bom 1689, died 1777, 
married Jan. 24, 1719, Elizabeth Rhodes '(dau. of Peleg Rhodes), born 
1703, died 1767. Their son James n Arnold, born 1723, died Jan. 6, 
1793, married in 1744, Elizabeths Arnold, bom Sept. 24, 1724, died 
August 11, 1811. (She was dau. of Philip^ Arnold, born Feb. 12, 1693, 
son of Stephen, 19 born Nov. 27, 1654, son of Stephen, M son of William. 17 ) 
Their son, George,, Arnold, born 1747, died 1822, married about 1771, 
Ruth Utter, bom Dec. 11, 1747, died March 18, 1S36 : had a son James 
Utter.*, Arnold, bom June 4, 1776, died Feb, 3, 1852, who married May 

5, 1798, Mehitabel Carpenter, born April 26, 1778, died Jan. 5, 1864, 
The^r son, George Carpenter^ Arnold, born July 24, 1803, married May 
19, 1831, Phebe M Rhodes, bom Dec. 18. 1810, who?e daughter Sarah 
Rhodes^ Arnold, born March 2, 1832, married Dec. 24, 1851, Henry 
Thayer^ Drowne, born March 25, 1822, whose son, Henry Russell ?5 
Drowne, born Aug. 31, 1860, is in the tenth generation, maternally and 
paternally, from William^ Arnold. — H, T. D. 



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